Saving Grace by Bianca D'Arc Page A

very hot, very
erotic dream.
    She clung to him as he lifted her in his
arms. He had her around the waist, and she was his willing
accomplice as she wrapped her legs around him. His hands moved to
support her butt, and she felt chills of delight run down her
spine. She loved the way he touched her. Gentle, yet powerful.
Masculine, firm and knowing. It was a heady combination.
    He was so strong. She felt him walking her up
the stairs, carrying her as if she weighed nothing at all. Kissing
her the entire time, moving from her lips to her neck, making her
shiver even more as her nerve endings came alive for him.
    Rain soaked them both, but she didn’t care.
The slashing water only brought her mer side in alignment with her
human side, and both wanted him. Her body was on an exquisite peak
somewhere between her mer scales and her human form, and for the
first time in her life, she wanted to make love with a man with
both parts of her soul.
    Never before had her scales rippled for a
male. Never had her body heated so quickly, demanded satisfaction
so readily. She wanted him, and she wanted him now.
    His skin was slick and hot beneath her hands,
and she finally realized that he was mostly naked. He’d come after
her in only a pair of boxer shorts that were now wet and clinging
to every sexy line of him. She nibbled on his ear as he kissed her
neck.
    “Make love to me, Jack,” she whispered in his
ear.
    He stopped walking.
    “Are you still being drawn?”
    She had to laugh. “Yes, but not to the water.
I’m drawn to you, Jack. Please tell me you feel it too. I’ve wanted
you almost from the moment I woke up in your guest room. I was
instantly attracted, and it’s only gotten more potent the longer
I’m around you.”
    “Goddess!” he whispered, seeming overcome for
a moment. “I feel the same, Grace. I want you. My bear wants you.
All of me wants all of you. But if we do this…it could mean
forever. Are you prepared for that?”
    Forever? Really? She hadn’t thought
beyond the satisfaction her body was demanding with every breath.
But as the word rolled around in her thoughts, she realized it was
a nice word. A comforting word. Not scary at all. Forever.
    Yeah, she could easily see spending forever
with this special man, held safe in his arms.
    “You know? I don’t think I’d mind.” She
pulled back to look into his eyes. “Would you?”
    Rain poured down between them, but she could
see every nuance of expression on his face and in his gaze. And
what she saw there stole her breath. Emotion. Deep emotion.
Echoes of the yearning she felt inside her own soul.
    There was no way she could walk away from him
now without at least finding out if they truly were meant to be
together forever. Mates.
    Stars above. She might have found her mate,
but only taking that final step would tell her for certain.
    “Make love to me, Jack. Right here. Right
now. Let’s find out what fate has in store for us both.” She turned
it into a dare, but she was breathless with longing, desperate for
his possession. She couldn’t wait, and she didn’t want him to deny
her. She needed him. Couldn’t he see that?
    Jack looked into her eyes for another long
moment, then seemed to come to a decision. He didn’t speak. He just
moved toward the nearby railing, setting her butt down on the wide
rail. She was naked beneath his shirt, so the only thing that had
been separating them was his soaked boxer shorts.
    “Are you steady up there?” he asked, waiting
for her to put her hands on the rail on either side. When she
nodded, he stepped just a few inches away so he could remove the
nearly transparent, no-nonsense white cotton that did little to
conceal the long, thick hardness of him.
    And then, the offending fabric was gone. In a
wad on the deck beneath his feet. And he was gloriously nude. A
statue of a Greek god come to life before her.
    She reached between them and took him in her
hand. She felt the slight shudder run through him as she